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Science in Short Chapters

W. Mattieu Williams · Science_-_Physics · 55 章

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SCIENCE IN Short Chapters.PREFACE.CONTENTS.THE FUEL OF THE SUN.DR SIEMENS’ THEORY OF THE SUN.ANOTHER WORLD DOWN HERE.THE ORIGIN OF LUNAR VOLCANOES.NOTE ON THE DIRECT EFFECT OF SUN-SPOTS ON TERRESTRIAL CLIMATES.THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE RADIOMETER AND ITS COSMICAL REVELATIONS.ON THE SOCIAL BENEFITS OF PARAFFIN.THE SOLIDITY OF THE EARTH.A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF ELECTRIC LIGHTING.THE FORMATION OF COAL.Further Details by Post.METEORIC ASTRONOMY.THE “GREAT ICE AGE” AND THE ORIGIN OF THE “TILL.”On Winds and Currents, from the Admiralty Physical Atlas.THE CHEMISTRY OF BOG RECLAMATION.Mr. Walter Powell.THE LIMITS OF OUR COAL SUPPLY “THE ENGLISHMAN’S FIRESIDE.”TO THE EDITOR OF THE Times.THE COLORING OF GREEN TEA.“IRON FILINGS” IN TEA.CONCERT-ROOM ACOUSTICS.SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALISM.(British Association, 1871.)WORLD-SMASHING.THE DYING TREES IN KENSINGTON GARDENS.THE OLEAGINOUS PRODUCTS OF THAMES MUD: WHERE THEY COME FROM AND WHERE THEY GO.LUMINOUS PAINT.THE ORIGIN AND PROBABLE DURATION OF PETROLEUM.THE ORIGIN OF SOAP.OILING THE WAVES.ON THE SO-CALLED “CRATER NECKS” AND “VOLCANIC BOMBS” OF IRELAND. A Paper Read at the Geologists’ Association, December 6, 1878.TRAVERTINE.THE ACTION OF FROST IN WATER-PIPES AND ON BUILDING MATERIALS.THE CORROSION OF BUILDING STONES.FIRE-CLAY AND ANTHRACITE.COUNT RUMFORD’S COOKING-STOVES.THE “CONSUMPTION OF SMOKE.”THE AIR OF STOVE-HEATED ROOMS.VENTILATION BY OPEN FIREPLACES.DOMESTIC VENTILATION. A Lesson from the Coal-Pits.The Discussion which followed the reading of the preceding paper at the Society of Arts.SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, AND GASES.MURCHISON AND BABBAGE.ATMOSPHERE versus ETHER.A NEGLECTED DISINFECTANT.ANOTHER DISINFECTANT.ENSILAGE.THE FRACTURE OF COMETS.THE ORIGIN OF COMETS.FOOTNOTES THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE